SCALE OF COMMISSIONS ADOPTED BY THE SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, if as returns for goods sold
Purchasing all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate
Purchasing Bullion
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
...
Selling Tea, all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate Inspecting Silk or Ten
Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances, when required
Guaranteeing Sales alone ...
Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange
Realizing Bullion or Bills of Exchange ...
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Paying and receiving Money in current account
Paying Ships' Disbursements
Collecting Freight'
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Obtaining Freight or Charter ...
Obtaining Freight and collecting same freight
Adjusting Insurance Claims
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount
...
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:
Prosecuting or defending successfully claims, either at law or by arbitration.....
Prosecuting or defending unsucces-fully
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion.......
:
3 per cent. 21 per cent. 5 per cent. 1 per cent.
3
per cent. 5 per cent. 1 per cent. 34 per cent. 24 per cent. 1 per cent.
1
per cent.
1 per cent.
1 per cent.
21 per cent.
24 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 21 per cent. Of per cent.
5 per cent.
21 per cent.
5
per cent.
Landing or 'Transhipping Cargo
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
Granting letters of credit
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion, buying and selling
Brokerage on Bills, Produce, and General Merchandise
Ship Brokerage
Of per cent.
1
per cent.
Tls. 3 perchest.
half commission.
1 per cent.
per cent., from seller.
per cent., from seller.
11 per cent. from consignees. and Brokerage when paid.
The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, at the rate of 1 per mil,
SCALE OF COMMISSIONS ADOPTED BY THE NEWCHWANG
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ON IMPORTS.
Including One Month's Storage.
Landing charges, boat and coolie hire, labour and storage in Godowns, T. U.
and Wharfage
On Cotton Goods-15 pieces and under per bale, per pieco On Cotton Goods-50 pieces and under per bale, per piece On Woollens
Sugar, Iron, Straits, Japanese and Chinese produce and Glass
per picul or equivalent
Coal per ton
Caol per ton, open air
Tea-chest
Tea 1-chest
...
Paper small packages, per picul
...
Paper large packages, per picul
Commission on sales of all Imports, except Opium, 3 per cent. Opium,-Taels 20 per chest, including all charges
ON EXPORTS.
Beancake
3 pieces) Pens
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Each Succeeding Month.
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C.
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14
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115
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10
1
75
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50
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5
12
6
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3
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14
21
24
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20
18 18
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mount of Invoice, in all cases except where goods are sent as per cent.
cent.
Charters, 1 per cent.
harters, 1 per cent.
sels on Chinese charter-
els under 5,000 piculs capacity-Taels 100 for above that capu- aptains of vessels seeking a freight here choose a consignee, charter-party shall take place except through that consignee.
Tag 961
Ing 964
Jag 964
Boat and coolie hire for 10 pieces Boat and coolie hire for 1 shee (t Chow-chow cargo in proportion. Commission 5 per cent. on gross a
a remittance-in such cases 3 Procuring Freight, 5 per cent. Advancing funds to vessels, 5 per Collecting freight on account of ( Remitting freight on account of C
For transacting business for ves Cargo to Captain, Taels 25. Cargo to Natives, Taels 50 for vess city, but it is understood that c: and that no final settlement of
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